Dean Takahashi

AR/VR

Jam City sells Ludia game studio to Canadian institutional investors

Jam City said it agreed to sell its Montreal-based Ludia mobile game studio (and its games) to a consortium of Canadian institutional investors. While Jam City said it was not actively seeking a sale, the investment group presented the companywith a compelling offer to acquire the studio. As one of the company’s ten global studios, the saleis not expected to significantly impact Jam City’s overall business. Jam City remains focused on its core portfolio which

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Could tighter budgets lead to more creativity? | Virtuos CEO Gilles Langourieux interview | The DeanBeat

Founded in 2004, Virtuos has grown into a big company when it comes to the production of games. As an external developer, Virtuos‘ team has crossed 4,200 professional game devs who can supplement the teams at game studios and publishers as they finish their games. The Singapore-based company can finish smaller games with a big shot of staffing at the end or engage in long-term co-development with game publishers as they start the games. Virtuos

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After pizza, TapBlaze launches Good Coffee, Great Coffee on mobile

TapBlaze, the maker of Good Pizza, Great Pizza, has branched out with the launch of Good Coffee, Great Coffee on mobile devices. It launches today on iOS and Android. The game is a free-to-play title where players can buy cosmetics with real money. You may eventually be able to customize your shop and equipment. After all a whole decade refining the pizza game, it’s about time for TapBlaze to try something new. But the company

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Nvidia CEO: Someday we’ll have 1B robotic cars on the road

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicted that someday we’ll have a billion cars on the road and they will all be robotic cars. It sounds like science fiction, but as Huang has said before, “I am science fiction.” He made the comments in a conference call with analysts about Nvidia’s FYQ4 earnings ending January 26, 2025. (Here’s our full report on the earnings). Nvidia’s stock is current down half a percent to $130.72 a share in

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